Yes, I can see that a lot hard work has been done, but I feel that instead they should have been concentrating on him getting the triple axel. After that they could have worked to get all the other stuff better.

My understanding is that they have been working on the 3A as well. But I get the sense that some of the limitations (i.e. slight injury, growth spurt, boot issues) made it hard to focus on the 3A. I'm saying that I think it was smart that they worked on other stuff since clearly the starts weren't aligned for him to do a lot of work on the 3A.

I think that now the season is over for him and those other issues seem to have been settled, I think he'll be able to focus more on it now.

Everyone keeps saying how Jason is young, but he really needs to get cracking on that 3a. By comparison, Farris was doing 3a in his competitive programs starting at age 14, and has been working on the 4t since he was 15, Han Yan just turned 15 and has been doing 3a and 4t all season, we saw Nam Nyguen successfully land 3a at JW and he is just 13. The standards are being raised, and with a jump like the 3a, it's expected it will take some time for a skater to get the jump really solid. Everything else Jason does is great, but he needs to be at least attempting 3a if he wants to remain competitive from here on in. It could take him a few years for it to become consistent in competition, and if he avoids trying it in competition, the jump will never materialize and he'll become the next Cassar or Dyer. Also as encouraging as his scores at junior worlds were, I honestly think in a senior competition D-10 would have been placed ahead of him (please don't bite my head of for saying this, i just really feel like he probably would have :shuffle:, and maybe with a bit of a margin even). Even if he's aiming for Pyeonchang, he's got to be getting that jump out in competition ASAP because who knows how long it will take to perfect to the point where he can rely on it at high-stakes events.

Everyone keeps saying how Jason is young, but he really needs to get cracking on that 3a. By comparison, Farris was doing 3a in his competitive programs starting at age 14, and has been working on the 4t since he was 15, Han Yan just turned 15 and has been doing 3a and 4t all season, we saw Nam Nyguen successfully land 3a at JW and he is just 13. The standards are being raised, and with a jump like the 3a, it's expected it will take some time for a skater to get the jump really solid. Everything else Jason does is great, but he needs to be at least attempting 3a if he wants to remain competitive from here on in. It could take him a few years for it to become consistent in competition, and if he avoids trying it in competition, the jump will never materialize and he'll become the next Cassar or Dyer. Also as encouraging as his scores at junior worlds were, I honestly think in a senior competition D-10 would have been placed ahead of him (please don't bite my head of for saying this, i just really feel like he probably would have :shuffle:, and maybe with a bit of a margin even). Even if he's aiming for Pyeonchang, he's got to be getting that jump out in competition ASAP because who knows how long it will take to perfect to the point where he can rely on it at high-stakes events.

Haha, Jason is a very cute kid. But, maybe strength is holding him back from mastering the 3a if he's actually just 130 pounds at 5'7", that's quite thin! From the videos, it looks like his upper body is not getting around quick enough to check out on the landing, so again, weight lifting/upper body strength training could maybe help with that, although I assume he will bulk up some naturally just as he continues to get older and mature. It certainly sounds like he is training/practicing the jump a whole lot though. At this point I wonder if it might be a smart idea to focus more on training a quad, it's clear the 3a does not come so naturally to him, so he might have more success with the quad due to it's taking off like a normal jump. Idk. Just a thought. Injury is just a concern where he keeps attempting and falling on the 3a.